Marriage used to be a foundation for adult life. Today, it's not the start of building, but a signal that you've arrived, say experts who see young people delaying marriage because of a bad economy and that changing world view.

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When we dated, the economy was worse than it is now. Unemployment higher. We
wanted to be together and got married. After a great honeymoon, we arrived at
our apartment (meagerly furnished, no TV, DI couch, bed from her grandmother,
and the plates
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3:16 p.m. Nov. 24, 2012

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RockOn

Spanish Fork, UT

By the way... neither Elizabeth nor I had a degree when we got married. No
career established. We were just fun loving kids having a great, extended date.
Loved it.

Lois M. Collins is a reporter and columnist for the Deseret News. While she writes primarily on health and family issues for the national and news sections, she also writes a biweekly column and her work appears often in more ..